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CLOSTER, N.J. — Time stood still Wednesday for Don Nicoletti during the Bergen County PBA's Annual Toy Drive.

For the 28th year in a row, the "commander" marveled at the response from the "Santa Response Team" -- members of more than four dozen law enforcement agencies and other volunteers -- who trucked thousands of toys to the Closter firehouse.

"We're making magic happen," Nicoletti told Daily Voice.

"We don't have the power to relieve [those ailing and in need]," he said, "but we try to bring a little bit of joy to them just for a moment."

The Bergen County agencies -- along with their Orangetown colleagues -- amassed thousands of gifts Wednesday morning that some of them personally delivered to hospitals and other destinations for sick, terminally ill and needy youngsters and their families.

First, though, they had to be sorted -- a task handled by U.S. Army reservists from the Teaneck Armory, helpers of all stripes and the responders themselves, including chiefs and other ranking officers.